Glider-type garment hanger



M. WASSARMAN GLIDER- April 17, 1951 TYPE GARMENT HANGER Filed May 10, 1949 I n ventor ases Wassarman Patented Apr. 17, 1951 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFI GLIDER' -TYPE GARMENT HANGER Moses Wassarman, Milford, Mass.

Application May 10, 1949, Serial No. 92,429 4 Claims. (01. 223-83),

The. present invention; relatesto; suspension devices andghangersyin general, andahas more specific reference to a: garment hanger; ofithe Well known one-piece. wire type, and an antifriction roller which, when placed in revolving contact with a clothes closet supporting pole, enables one to slide the hanger back and forth to change the position of the hanger from time to time and to better fulfill the requirements of users of such hangers.

Ordinarily, the so-called one-piece wire type garment hanger embodies .asubstantially triangular frame portion and a single strand wire hook, which hook is adapted to fit upon the usual horizontal pole or equivalent support. In some instances, if the pole be at all stout, the stated hook will become canted one way or another and will bind and make it difficult to slide the hook horizontally on the pole as is often required, especially in mens and womens clothes stores where hundreds of garments are suspended from the hanger rod of a rack or other equivalent supporting structure.

In carrying out the principles of the present invention, I provide a pole engaging roller and provide appropriate axle means-therefor which enables the roller to contact the supporting pole and, in addition, provide an adapter which carries the axle means and which is adapted to fit in sleeve-like fashion over the hook on the hanger.

Other objects and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment hanger attachment constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view showing the attachment'in place and also showing how it coacts with a hanger supporting pole such as is commonly used in a clothes closet or the like.

Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view taken on the line 44 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of i the arrows.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-.5 of Figure 6 showing a modified form of the invention.

Figure 6 is a View observing Figure 5 in. a direction from right to left.

Referring. now to the drawings, and particularly to Figure 2, the numeral 1-designates a com'- mon Wire-type garment hanger having a'central V-shaped crotch portion-8 and a twisted portion 9 terminating in a hook E0 to engage over a supporting pole or other equivalentsupport l I;

The improved attachment comprises a coiled spring which constitutes an adapter sleeve I2, the same being made-up of coils or convolutions I3. This sleeve is adapted to:fit-overthe hook means Ill in themanner shown ii -Figure 2 and the endmost coil, at one end of said'sleeve, is pro vided with an attaching hook M which is anchored in the crotch 8. This fastens one end of the sleeve on the hook means H). The other end of the sleeve has a screw-threaded closing plug l5, as best brought out in Figure 4. The endmost convolutions or coils of the spring, those indicated at It in Figure 4, serve to thread the plug into a closed position. This provides a safety feature and prevents the free end portion I! of the hook from protrudingbeyond the coils It, as might otherwise be the case.

The numeral IS in Figure 3 designates what I call an axle for the anti-friction and supporting roller I9 and theend portions and 2| are attached to the coils 22 and 23 as shown in Figure 2. Thus, we have a coiled spring forming an adapter sleeve with a hook M for anchoring purposes atone end and a closing plug at the opposite end, and with its intermediate coils or convolutions carrying an axle on which an idling roller is mounted, whereby to provide a glidertype garment hanger.

In the modification shown in Figures 5 and 6, the numerals 24 and 25 designate eye members, the eye portions of which are denoted by the numerals 26 and 21. The numeral 28 designates a latch-type hook having an eye 29 at one end which is hingedly mounted in the eye 21. The shank portion of the hook serves as a journal or axle for the roller 30 and the bill portion Of the hook 3| fits into the eye 26, employing the latter as a sort of keeper.

With this arrangement, the roller, in case it wears out, may be replaced from time to time, thus promoting an economy feature as a phase of my invention.

In the modification of Figures 5 and 6 just described, the spring coiled sleeve or adapter is denoted by the numeral 32 and the convolutions by the numerals 33.

In view of the foregoing desc Ip tion taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of the de- 35 vice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the claimed as new is: I

1. An attachment of the class described comprising a linearly straight coiled spring having a hook at one end and a screw closing plug at the opposite end, an axle disposed in spaced parallelism in respect to said spring and having lateral end portions attached to predetermined coils in said spring, and an idling roller mounted on said axle between said end portions, said roller being disposed in spaced parallelism relative to said spring.

2. An attachment of the class described comprising a coiled spring having one end convoluinvention, what is tion bent to form an attaching hook, the opposite end convolutions serving to accommodate an insertable and removable screw plug, intermediate ones of said coils carrying an axle, said axle being in spaced parallelism relative to said spring, and an idling roller mounted for rotation on said axle, said roller being approximately parallel to said axle and spring.

3. An attachment for the hook portion of a wire coat hanger of the class shown and described comprising a flexible adapter sleeve, eye members carried thereby and in parallelism with each other, a latch-type hook pivoted on one eye member and having its opposite end formed with a keeper hook engaged with the remaining eye member, the shank of said latch-type hook providing a journal, and an idling roller mounted for rotation on said journal.

4. In a structural assemblage of the class shown and described, in combination, a wiretype garment hanger embodying the usual wire frame portion and suspension hook for said frame portion, a flexible adapter sleeve substantially enclosing and conforming in shape to and removably fitted on said suspension hook, journal means carried by said adapter sleeve, said journal means being adapted to assume a posi tion above and at approximate right angles to a hanger supporting pole or the like, and an anti friction hanger gliding roller mounted freely for idling on said journal means.

MOSES WASSARMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

' UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,299,390 Swanson Apr. 1, 1910 

